Quick question for you team green experts: My buddy just bought an '09 250s, and wanted to put some handguards on. He went to the stealership and picked up some handguards, but the dealer told him that he needs to buy new handlebars to mount these. Apparently Kawasaki welded about 3" of weight into the ends of the bars? Has anyone mounted guards onto the stock handlebars (and how did you do it), or do you need to purchase aftermarket bars? Forgive my question, I'm a suzuki guy and I dont have the 250s here infront of me to check it out. Thanks!

Just take a pipe cutter to the bars about a quarter inch from the ends. When it isn't cutting anymore, just grab the end with a pair of vise grips and pull the thing out.

I installed acerbis guards on my stock bars by just tapping the hole in the weight with a 1/4" thread and it worked well. I have since then stuck a set of renthal jmmy button bend bars on for the extra height.

hey guys, I've been considering buying a KLX250 and was wondering about how they handled on the highway. I'm planning on using it for some communting, I can get there using mostly secondary roads but am wondering if they have enough power to handle 100+ speeds. any imput would be helpful

The bike has 6 gears and it will easily do 100km/h, I've done 120km/h with mine, but it's not a bike I would want to ride on multilane highways like we have around here, but 2 lane secondary highways shouldn't be a problem.

In stock form it will do 120 klics but not much more if going up hill. I really like mine for commuting to work with is a twenty minute ride but as Gboy says it is not much fun on multilane heavy traffic stuff. With the usual mods it has tons more power and except for the noise is even more fun to ride.
It is even more fun in the bush

I've been looking hard at this bike and took an '09 out for a ride. Loved it! Like it's big brother the KLR, it has tons of modification potential. Very easy to add HP to this bike. My KLR is still in surgery but I think the KLX will be keeping me active while I finish it.